GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: DALLAS (14-8) at TORONTO (12-10)

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NBA DALLAS 76
TORONTO 90 0:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NBA DALLAS 76
TORONTO 92 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DALLAS 17 19 23 17 76
TORONTO 21 33 21 17 92 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: DAL - JASON TERRY 21, JOSH HOWARD 19, DIRK
NOWITZKI 13
TOR - CHRIS BOSH 17, KRIS HUMPHRIES 16, JOSE
CALDERON 12</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
DALLAS 76
TORONTO 92 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">DALLAS (76) AT TORONTO (92)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J TERRY G 39:43 7-11 5-6 1 1 2 2 3 0 4 21
J HOWARD F 34:39 8-17 2-2 1 5 6 0 2 1 0 19
D NOWITZKI F 35:04 6-15 1-4 2 7 9 5 0 0 2 13
T HASSELL G 12:32 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
E DAMPIER C 20:16 1-4 1-2 5 6 11 1 2 0 1 3
J STACKHOUSE 20:42 1-8 2-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4
B BASS 18:15 0-5 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 0
E JONES 15:35 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 0
D DIOP 13:31 3-5 0-2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 6
D GEORGE 12:57 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
J HOWARD 8:54 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2
J BAREA 7:52 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2

TOTALS 240:00 30-78 12-20 15 29 44 17 19 3 11 76
(.385) (.600) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 11 (0 PTS)

TORONTO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J CALDERON G 32:38 3-10 5-6 0 1 1 7 4 1 1 12
A PARKER G 26:10 2-9 0-0 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 6
C BOSH F 31:03 7-11 3-4 0 5 5 1 2 1 3 17
J MOON F 27:50 1-6 2-2 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 4
R NESTEROVIC C 18:29 5-6 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
K HUMPHRIES 29:21 7-10 2-5 5 7 12 0 4 0 1 16
C DELFINO 21:45 3-12 1-1 1 6 7 6 3 1 2 7
J KAPONO 22:12 3-5 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 10
D MARTIN 15:22 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
A BARGNANI 15:10 2-5 3-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8
J DIXON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J GRAHAM DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 33-76 20-25 10 32 42 23 19 5 8 92
(.434) (.800) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 10 (0 PTS)

DALLAS 17 19 23 17 - 76
TORONTO 21 33 21 17 - 92

BLOCKED SHOTS: DALLAS - E DAMPIER, B BASS. TORONTO - J MOON 2, K HUMPHRIES 2,
C BOSH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DALLAS 4-14 (.286), J TERRY 2-3, D NOWITZKI 0-3,
J STACKHOUSE 0-3, E JONES 0-1, D GEORGE 1-2, J HOWARD 1-2. TORONTO 6-
16 (.375), J CALDERON 1-3, A PARKER 2-5, C DELFINO 0-3, J KAPONO 2-
3, D MARTIN 0-1, A BARGNANI 1-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: DALLAS 1 (E JONES, 0:14 3RD).
OFFICIALS: GARY ZIELINSKI, TOM WASHINGTON, VIOLET PALMER.
A - 19,800. T - 2:07.</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">DALLAS (76)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Terry 39:43 7-11 5-6 1-2 2 3 21
J Howard 34:39 8-17 2-2 1-6 0 2 19
D Nowitzki 35:04 6-15 1-4 2-9 5 0 13
T Hassell 12:32 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 2
E Dampier 20:16 1-4 1-2 5-11 1 2 3
J Stackhouse 20:42 1-8 2-2 0-2 2 1 4
B Bass 18:15 0-5 0-0 1-4 2 2 0
E Jones 15:35 0-1 0-0 0-3 2 2 0
D Diop 13:31 3-5 0-2 2-3 1 1 6
D George 12:57 1-3 1-2 0-1 1 2 4
J Howard 8:54 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 2
J Barea 7:52 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 30-78 12-20 15-44 17 19 76
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.385, FT-.600. 3-Point Goals:
4-14, .286 (J Terry 2-3, D Nowitzki 0-3, J
Stackhouse 0-3, E Jones 0-1, D George 1-2, J
Howard 1-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked
Shots:2 (E Dampier, B Bass). Turnovers:11 (J
Terry 4, D Nowitzki 2, J Stackhouse, E Jones,
B Bass, J Barea, E Dampier). Steals: 3 (E
Jones, D Diop, J Howard).


TORONTO (92)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Calderon 32:38 3-10 5-6 0-1 7 4 12
A Parker 26:10 2-9 0-0 0-4 5 1 6
C Bosh 31:03 7-11 3-4 0-5 1 2 17
J Moon 27:50 1-6 2-2 2-9 1 0 4
R Nesterovic 18:29 5-6 0-0 1-1 0 1 10
K Humphries 29:21 7-10 2-5 5-12 0 4 16
C Delfino 21:45 3-12 1-1 1-7 6 3 7
J Kapono 22:12 3-5 2-2 1-2 0 2 10
D Martin 15:22 0-2 2-2 0-1 2 0 2
A Bargnani 15:10 2-5 3-3 0-0 1 2 8
J Dixon DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J Graham DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-76 20-25 10-42 23 19 92
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.434, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:
6-16, .375 (J Calderon 1-3, A Parker 2-5, C
Delfino 0-3, J Kapono 2-3, D Martin 0-1, A
Bargnani 1-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked
Shots:5 (J Moon 2, K Humphries 2, C Bosh).
Turnovers:8 (C Bosh 3, C Delfino 2, J Kapono,
K Humphries, J Calderon). Steals: 5 (D
Martin, J Calderon, C Bosh, C Delfino, A
Parker).

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DALLAS 17 19 23 17 - 76
TORONTO 21 33 21 17 - 92
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: Dallas 1 (E Jones, 0:14
3rd). A: 19,800. T: 2:07. Officials: Gary
Zielinski, Tom Washington, Violet Palmer.</div>

 

By Brian Herman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Toronto Raptors used their deep bench tohelp blow past the Dallas Mavericks, 92-76, at the Air Canada Centreon Wednesday night.


Chris Bosh led five players in double figures with 17 points andKris Humphries posted his first double-double of the seasonwith 16 and 12 rebounds off the bench for the Raptors.

It was the first win in the series in nine meetings for Toronto,which had not beaten Dallas in over four years. The Raptorshad blown a 24-point lead in Dallas, losing 105-99 in theirprevious meeting on November 20.


However, Toronto's bench outscored Dallas' reserves, 43-18, andkeyed a pair of big runs in the second quarter to help pull awayearly in this one.


Humphries scored six points during a 19-3 spurt, capped by AndreaBargnani's three-point play, giving the Raptors a 36-19 leadwith 8:13 left in the first half.


Jose Calderon made a 3-pointer with under two minutes left in thequarter, capping a 10-2 spurt to give the Raptors a 19-point leaden route to a 54-36 advantage at the break.


The Raptors' reserves, led by Humphries and Jason Kapono,outscored the Mavericks' bench, 21-6, in the first half, andDallas shot just 37 percent (17-of-46) through the first twoquarters.


Dallas was able to cut the lead to single digits at 68-59 on a3-pointer by Josh Howard with 45 seconds to play in the thirdquarter, but that would be the closest Dallas would get.

The Raptors answered by going on a 12-1 run spanning the end ofthe third quarter and beginning of the fourth, capped byHumphries' layup to give the Raptors a 20-point lead at 80-60with 10:38 remaining.


Jason Terry scored 21 points and Howard finished with 19 for theMavericks, who were held to their lowest point total of theseason.


One day after suffering a bad fall on a flagrant foul inAtlanta, Toronto point guard T.J. Ford joined his teammates onthe bench in street clothes to the roaring approval of the homecrowd.


His status is listed as day-to-day as he awaits further resultsfrom medical tests.

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">DALLAS (76) AT TORONTO (92)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J TERRY G 39:43 7-11 5-6 1 1 2 2 3 0 4 21
J HOWARD F 34:39 8-17 2-2 1 5 6 0 2 1 0 19
D NOWITZKI F 35:04 6-15 1-4 2 7 9 5 0 0 2 13
T HASSELL G 12:32 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
E DAMPIER C 20:16 1-4 1-2 5 6 11 1 2 0 1 3
J STACKHOUSE 20:42 1-8 2-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4
B BASS 18:15 0-5 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 0
E JONES 15:35 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 0
D DIOP 13:31 3-5 0-2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 6
D GEORGE 12:57 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 4
J HOWARD 8:54 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 2
J BAREA 7:52 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2

TOTALS 240:00 30-78 12-20 15 29 44 17 19 3 11 76
(.385) (.600) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 11 (14 PTS)

TORONTO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

J CALDERON G 32:38 3-10 5-6 0 1 1 7 4 1 1 12
A PARKER G 26:10 2-9 0-0 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 6
C BOSH F 31:03 7-11 3-4 0 5 5 1 2 1 3 17
J MOON F 27:50 1-6 2-2 2 7 9 1 0 0 0 4
R NESTEROVIC C 18:29 5-6 0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
K HUMPHRIES 29:21 7-10 2-5 5 7 12 0 4 0 1 16
C DELFINO 21:45 3-12 1-1 1 6 7 6 3 1 2 7
J KAPONO 22:12 3-5 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 10
D MARTIN 15:22 0-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
A BARGNANI 15:10 2-5 3-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8
J DIXON DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J GRAHAM DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 33-76 20-25 10 32 42 23 19 5 8 92
(.434) (.800) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 10 (13 PTS)

DALLAS 17 19 23 17 - 76
TORONTO 21 33 21 17 - 92

BLOCKED SHOTS: DALLAS - E DAMPIER, B BASS. TORONTO - J MOON 2, K HUMPHRIES 2,
C BOSH.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DALLAS 4-14 (.286), J TERRY 2-3, D NOWITZKI 0-3,
J STACKHOUSE 0-3, E JONES 0-1, D GEORGE 1-2, J HOWARD 1-2. TORONTO 6-
16 (.375), J CALDERON 1-3, A PARKER 2-5, C DELFINO 0-3, J KAPONO 2-
3, D MARTIN 0-1, A BARGNANI 1-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: DALLAS 1 (E JONES, 0:14 3RD).
OFFICIALS: GARY ZIELINSKI, TOM WASHINGTON, VIOLET PALMER.
A - 19,800. T - 2:07.</div>

 

NBA: DALLAS at TORONTO

<div class="pre">DALLAS (76)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Terry 39:43 7-11 5-6 1-2 2 3 21
J Howard 34:39 8-17 2-2 1-6 0 2 19
D Nowitzki 35:04 6-15 1-4 2-9 5 0 13
T Hassell 12:32 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 0 2
E Dampier 20:16 1-4 1-2 5-11 1 2 3
J Stackhouse 20:42 1-8 2-2 0-2 2 1 4
B Bass 18:15 0-5 0-0 1-4 2 2 0
E Jones 15:35 0-1 0-0 0-3 2 2 0
D Diop 13:31 3-5 0-2 2-3 1 1 6
D George 12:57 1-3 1-2 0-1 1 2 4
J Howard 8:54 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 2
J Barea 7:52 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 30-78 12-20 15-44 17 19 76
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.385, FT-.600. 3-Point Goals:
4-14, .286 (J Terry 2-3, D Nowitzki 0-3, J
Stackhouse 0-3, E Jones 0-1, D George 1-2, J
Howard 1-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked
Shots:2 (E Dampier, B Bass). Turnovers:11 (J
Terry 4, D Nowitzki 2, J Stackhouse, E Jones,
B Bass, J Barea, E Dampier). Steals: 3 (E
Jones, D Diop, J Howard).


TORONTO (92)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
J Calderon 32:38 3-10 5-6 0-1 7 4 12
A Parker 26:10 2-9 0-0 0-4 5 1 6
C Bosh 31:03 7-11 3-4 0-5 1 2 17
J Moon 27:50 1-6 2-2 2-9 1 0 4
R Nesterovic 18:29 5-6 0-0 1-1 0 1 10
K Humphries 29:21 7-10 2-5 5-12 0 4 16
C Delfino 21:45 3-12 1-1 1-7 6 3 7
J Kapono 22:12 3-5 2-2 1-2 0 2 10
D Martin 15:22 0-2 2-2 0-1 2 0 2
A Bargnani 15:10 2-5 3-3 0-0 1 2 8
J Dixon DNP - COACH'S DECISION
J Graham DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 33-76 20-25 10-42 23 19 92
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.434, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:
6-16, .375 (J Calderon 1-3, A Parker 2-5, C
Delfino 0-3, J Kapono 2-3, D Martin 0-1, A
Bargnani 1-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked
Shots:5 (J Moon 2, K Humphries 2, C Bosh).
Turnovers:8 (C Bosh 3, C Delfino 2, J Kapono,
K Humphries, J Calderon). Steals: 5 (D
Martin, J Calderon, C Bosh, C Delfino, A
Parker).

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DALLAS 17 19 23 17 - 76
TORONTO 21 33 21 17 - 92
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: Dallas 1 (E Jones, 0:14
3rd). A: 19,800. T: 2:07. Officials: Gary
Zielinski, Tom Washington, Violet Palmer.</div>

 

By Brian Herman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


TORONTO (Ticker) -- The Toronto Raptors used their deep bench tohelp blow past the Dallas Mavericks, 92-76, at the Air CanadaCentre on Wednesday night.


Chris Bosh led five players in double figures with 17 points andKris Humphries posted his first double-double of the seasonwith 16 and 12 rebounds off the bench for the Raptors, who beatthe Mavericks for the first time in nine meetings.

"A win against this team (Dallas) is a big win for us,"Humphries said. "It sends a message that we're a tough team andwe can beat anyone."


The Raptors had blown a 24-point lead in Dallas, losing 105-99in their previous meeting on November 20. However, Toronto'sbench outscored Dallas' reserves, 43-18, and keyed a pair of bigruns in the second quarter to help pull away early in this one.

"My role is to come off the bench and give us some energy,"Humphries said. "Considering how they came back on us in Dallasand stuck it to us we didn't want that to happen again."

Humphries scored six points during a 19-3 spurt, capped byAndrea Bargnani's three-point play, to give the Raptors a 36-19lead with 8:13 left in the first half.


Jose Calderon made a 3-pointer with under two minutes left inthe quarter, capping a 10-2 spurt to give the Raptors a 19-pointlead en route to a 54-36 advantage at the break.


"That run was the key to the game," Mavericks coach AveryJohnson said. "Man, we just weren't very good and that's wherethey got control of the game and pretty much had control therest of the way."


The Raptors' reserves, led by Humphries and Jason Kapono,outscored the Mavericks' bench, 21-6, in the first half, andDallas shot just 37 percent (17-of-46) through the first twoquarters.


"Kris (Humphries) was the MVP of the game tonight," Bosh said."He crashed the boards, giving us a lot of second-chance points,and he was able to score some big buckets."


Dallas was able to cut the lead to single digits at 68-59 on a3-pointer by Josh Howard with 45 seconds to play in the thirdquarter, but that would be the closest it would get.

The Raptors answered by going on a 12-1 run spanning the end ofthe third quarter and beginning of the fourth, capped byHumphries' layup to give the them a 20-point lead at 80-60 with10:38 remaining.


Jason Terry scored 21 points and Howard finished with 19 for theMavericks, who were held to their lowest point total of theseason.


"Give them credit, they are a good team," Terry said. "Theywere amped up because T.J. (Ford) was out, be we still have tocome out and take care of business. They outworked us allnight."


One day after suffering a bad fall on a flagrant foul inAtlanta, the Toronto point guard Ford joined his teammates onthe bench in street clothes to the roaring approval of the homecrowd.


His status is listed as day-to-day as he awaits further resultsfrom medical tests.


"Going through what we went through the last 24 hours and tocome out as focused as we were, says a lot," Raptors coach SamMitchell said.